Friday, July 23, 2010

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty...

Sometimes, on peaceful sunny afternoons, my neighbour's cat comes visiting. The tag on his collar says his name is 'Biggie'... I googled blue cats with yellow eyes and apparently he is a Chartreux, which are monastery cats that the French Carthusian monks used to keep the mice away from their Camembert... According to the Oracle (bless Wikipedia) the first letter of the official name of a Chartreux cat encodes the year of its birth; all Chartreux born in the same year have official names beginning with the same letter. The code letters rotate through the alphabet each year, omitting the letters K, Q, W, X, Y, and Z. For example, a Chartreux born in 2002 would have an official name starting with the letter T. Which means Biggie was born in 2006, making him four years old. He still has a playful kittenish spirit - his favourite game is to hide under garden furniture and then rush out to bat my feet while I'm hanging out the washing...

What Time is it?

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A Reading from the Tao Te Jing…

The Tao gave rise to Yin & Yang. Yin & Yang gave rise to the Ten Thousand Things.

The Tao is like a well: used but never used up.

It is like the eternal universe: filled with infinite possibilities.

In dwelling, - live close to the ground.In thinking, - keep to the simple.In conflict, - be fair and generous.In governing, - don't try to control.In work, - do what you enjoy.In family life, - be completely present.In love, - don't jump to quick conclusions...